The Battered Citizens’ 1988 demo cassette Police Brutality is on vinyl for the first time. 12 tracks of super tight and very tough street-level hardcore by the second generation of Pittsburgh’s hardcore youth. Raised on bands like Half Life and Doomwatch locally and inspired by the sounds of Warzone and Gorilla Biscuits coming from New York, BC brought a more urban attitude to Pittsburgh’s collapsing post industrial landscape. Featuring future members of Submachine, Caustic Christ and Killer Of Sheep, Battered Citizens brought the tougher sounds of bigger city Hardcore to Pittsburgh. Newly restored and remastered for vinyl this deluxe LP includes a massive fold out insert packed with liner notes, photos, flyers and a poster drawn exclusively for this release by best selling comic artist Ed Piskor and a download card which includes the complete LP as well as two full live sets by the band from ‘87 and ‘88.